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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Murphys

In the city directories 1940 · 118 addresses on 85 streets

The directories print the Murphy name at 118 addresses on 85 streets in 1940, in 18 of the city's neighbourhoods. At that many addresses it is many families, not one, so each street has its own page: the people we can follow there by first name and initials, and every line as printed.

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Where the Murphys lived

Each mark counts the addresses the name was printed at in that neighbourhood. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. Downtown19 addresses
  2. Fairview15 addresses
  3. Kitsilano14 addresses
  4. Strathcona9 addresses
  5. West End9 addresses
  6. Grandview-Woodland7 addresses
  7. Shaughnessy7 addresses
  8. Dunbar-Southlands6 addresses
  9. Kensington-Cedar Cottage6 addresses
  10. Riley Park6 addresses
  11. Hastings-Sunrise4 addresses
  12. Kerrisdale4 addresses
  13. West Point Grey4 addresses
  14. Mount Pleasant3 addresses
  15. Sunset2 addresses
  16. Arbutus Ridge1 address
  17. Killarney1 address
  18. Renfrew-Collingwood1 address

Where the name was printed

The twelve streets with the most addresses first; tap one for its story and the record.

  1. 1
    Robson StreetFour addresses in Downtown and West End; four people: Arthur H Murphy, Bert Murphy and Edward Murphy, and one more
    1940
  2. 2
    West 8th AvenueFour addresses in Kitsilano; six people: A S Murphy, H D Murphy and Elizabeth A Murphy, and three more
    1940
  3. 3
    Bute StreetThree addresses in West End; three people: W Murphy, B N Murphy and Brunel N Murphy
    1940
  4. 4
    East Georgia StreetThree addresses in Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: J D Murphy, Herbert Murphy and J S Murphy
    1940
  5. 5
    Main StreetThree addresses in Strathcona; three people: Bud Murphy, John Murphy and T G Murphy
    1940
  6. 6
    Powell StreetThree addresses in Downtown; three people: C S Murphy, F C Murphy and John Murphy
    1940
  7. 7
    West 12th AvenueThree addresses in Fairview and West Point Grey; three people: N J Murphy, P H Murphy and Jennie Murphy
    1940
  8. 8
    West Georgia StreetThree addresses in Downtown; four people: Edward Murphy, Evelyn Murphy and Martin F Murphy, and one more
    1940
  9. 9
    Crown StreetTwo addresses in West Point Grey; two people: A O Murphy and Grace Murphy
    1940
  10. 10
    East 23rd AvenueTwo addresses in Riley Park; two people: F M Murphy and G T Murphy
    1940
  11. 11
    East Pender StreetTwo addresses in Strathcona and Hastings-Sunrise; three people: W J Murphy, E Doreen Murphy and Robert Murphy
    1940
  12. 12
    Granville StreetTwo addresses in Downtown and Fairview; two people: Mrs F Murphy and J Murphy
    1940

73 more streets, by name: Alder Street (1), Burrard Street (1), Cassiar Street (1), Commercial Street (1), Davie Street (1), Drake Street (1), Dumfries Street (1), Dunsmuir Street (1), East 12th Avenue (1), East 15th Avenue (1), East 17th Avenue (1), East 18th Avenue (1), East 1st Avenue (1), East 21st Avenue (1), East 2nd Avenue (1), East 34th Avenue (1), East 37th Avenue (1), East 41st Avenue (1), East 43rd Avenue (1), East 47th Avenue (1), East 8th Avenue (1), East Broadway (1), Grant Street (1), Hamilton Street (1), Haro Street (1), Heather Street (1), Homer Street (2), Hornby Street (2), Jackson Avenue (1), Keefer Street (1), Laburnum Street (1), Larch Street (1), Maple Street (2), McGill Street (1), Oak Street (1), Osler Street (2), Pacific Street (1), Pandora Street (1), Point Grey Road (1), Prince Albert Street (1), Quebec Street (1), Seymour Street (1), Stephens Street (1), Union Street (1), Venables Street (1), Victoria Drive (1), West 10th Avenue (2), West 11th Avenue (2), West 13th Avenue (2), West 14th Avenue (1), West 15th Avenue (1), West 19th Avenue (1), West 1st Avenue (1), West 26th Avenue (1), West 29th Avenue (1), West 30th Avenue (1), West 32nd Avenue (2), West 33rd Avenue (1), West 38th Avenue (1), West 39th Avenue (2), West 3rd Avenue (2), West 41st Avenue (2), West 42nd Avenue (1), West 51st Avenue (1), West 5th Avenue (1), West 6th Avenue (1), West 7th Avenue (1), West 9th Avenue (1), West Cordova Street (1), West Hastings Street (1), West King Edward Avenue (1), William Street (1), Yew Street (1).

Today

By the City's record, of the 118 addresses, 50 still have their buildings from before 1946, 21 have newer buildings and the City no longer lists 47; each street's page names them.

The book of the Murphys

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages; one name can be many families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.